Greetings! Question of the week (courtesy American Spectator): "Is It Time to Call Trump’s Iran War a Quagmire?" My answer: Yes....The conservative Maine Wire has a beef with national media outlets calling Troy Jackson a lumberjack.  An article in the Wire notes that Paul Bunyan was a lumberjack (using brute strength) while Jackson was a logger (using modern heavy equipment).  Jackson squares off against incumbent Susan Collins in Maine's critical upcoming midterm race for the U.S. Senate, which has profound national implications. Nasty: The Maine Wire also continues to point out that he’s “sleeping with his cousin." And the American Spectator describes Troy Jackson as a “cousin impregnator.” Jackson has two children with his second cousin. They have been a couple since high school...Song of the Week: Some Humans Ain’t Human, by folksinger John Prine.  This song should serve as the anthem for the Trump administration...The Daily Signal recommends four books to read for America’s 250^th birthday.  They include: “Alexander Hamilton: A Biography,” by Forrest McDonald; “The Political Culture of the American Whigs,” by Daniel Walker Howe; and “The Americans,” by Daniel Boorstin...Aaron Rodgers, for U.S. Senate? Steve Bannon suggests that the polarizing contrarian quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers should run in Pennsylvania because John Fetterman is up for re-election in 2028. “What do you think it would be like in the U.S. Senate if we had a guy like Aaron Rodgers and not John Thune?” Bannon wondered on his podcast, according to the Daily Signal. “Aaron Rodgers is a man. He stood in the breach with the whole world against him”...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard